There were two Civilian Conservation Corp camps (CCC) in Lassen County—Halls Flat and Secret Valley. The Secret Valley camp was also referred to District Grazing Camp No. 13. It functioned a bit differently than other camps. Of course, a lot of the work done by men there focused on range mangement, whether building stock ponds, putting in wells to even water siphon repairs for the Baxter and Tule Irrigation Districts. It also operated temporary spike camps for certain projects. One opened in 1936 in Ash Valley and the project was to build a road from Ash Valley to the town of Madeline.
